21 Bible Verses about Eating
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When you meet together, as I understand, it is not possible to eat the Lord's Supper; For, as you eat, each of you tries to secure his own supper first, with the result that one has too little to eat, and another has too much to drink! Have you no houses in which you can eat and drink? Or are you trying to show your contempt for the Church of God, and to humiliate the poor? What can I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this matter I cannot praise you.
For you know well that you ought to follow our example. When we were with you, our life was not ill-ordered, Nor did we eat any one's bread without paying for it. Night and day, laboring and toiling, we used to work at our trades, so as not to be a burden upon any of you. This was not because we had not a right to receive support, but our object was to give you a pattern for you to copy.read more.
Indeed, when we were with you, what we urged upon you was-- 'If a man does not choose to work, then he shall not eat.'
The end of such men is Ruin; for their appetites are their God, and they glory in their shame; their minds are given up to earthly things.
Do not, then, allow any one to take you to task on questions of eating or drinking, or in the matter of annual or monthly or weekly festivals. These things are only the shadow of what is to come; the substance is in the Christ.
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Eating » Admonitions concerning eating
And Jesus said to his disciples: "That is why I say to you, Do not be anxious about the life here--what you can get to eat; nor yet about your body--what you can get to wear.
Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do everything to the honor of God.
Eat anything that is sold in the market, without making inquiries to satisfy your scruples;
Eating » Reclining on couches
Just then a woman, who was an outcast in the town, having ascertained that Jesus was at table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster jar of perfume, And placed herself behind Jesus, near his feet, weeping. Then she began to make his feet wet with her tears, and she dried them with the hair of her head, repeatedly kissing his feet and anointing them with the perfume.
Being in this position, that disciple leant back on Jesus' shoulder, and asked him: "Who is it, Master?"
Eating » Favored guests served a double portion
Eating » The host acting as waiter
Eating » Ablutions before
"How is it that your disciples break the traditions of our ancestors? For they do not wash their hands when they eat food."
Eating » Sitting at table
Eating » Table used in
Plague » On the israelites » After » Eating » Quail
Topics on Eating
Animals Eating
Matthew 13:4As he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
Animals Eating People
Revelation 19:17-18Then I saw an angel standing on the sun. He cried in a loud voice to all the birds that fly in mid-heaven-- 'Gather and come to the great feast of God,
Birds Eating
Matthew 13:4As he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
Eating And Drinking
1 Corinthians 15:32If with only human hopes I had fought in the arena at Ephesus, what should I have gained by it? If the dead do not rise, then-'Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we shall die'!
Eating Christ's Body
Mark 14:22While they were eating, Jesus took some bread, and, after saying the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, and said: "Take it; this is my body."
Eating Corpses
Revelation 19:17-18Then I saw an angel standing on the sun. He cried in a loud voice to all the birds that fly in mid-heaven-- 'Gather and come to the great feast of God,
Eating Disorders
1 Corinthians 6:19-20Again, do not you know that your body is a shrine of the Holy Spirit that is within you-the Spirit which you have from God?
Eating Drinking And Rejoicing
Luke 16:19There was once a rich man, who dressed in purple robes and fine linen, and feasted every day in great splendor.
Eating Meat
1 Corinthians 8:13Therefore, if what I eat makes my Brother fall, rather than make my Brother fall, I will never eat meat again.
Eating, Metaphorical Use
John 6:50The Bread that comes down from Heaven is such that whoever eats of it will never die.
People Eating
John 4:31Meanwhile the disciples kept saying to him: "Take something to eat, Rabbi."
Pots For Cooking And Eating
Matthew 14:8Prompted by her mother, the girl said 'Give me here, on a dish, the head of John the Baptist.'
